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The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Texas State Bobcats (11-14, 4-8 Sun Belt) at South Alabama Jaguars (12-13, 4-8 Sun Belt) Mobile, Alabama; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Jaguars -2; over/under is …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Kobe Knox’s 14 points helped South Florida defeat Tulsa 69-50 on Wednesday night. Knox shot 4 for 10 (3 for 7 from 3-point range) …

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Shane van Gisbergen and his girlfriend moved in December to Mooresville, North Carolina, and so far, he’s experienced only small moments of culture shock after coming from his old home in Brisbane, Australia, where he lived since 2007. “It’s cold, I’ll you that,” he said, laughing. “I’ve never lived anywhere this cold before. It’s pretty …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Dartmouth Big Green (5-15, 1-6 Ivy League) at Columbia Lions (12-8, 3-4 Ivy League) New York; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Dartmouth visits the Columbia Lions after …

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Egyptian soccer team Al Ahly, the most successful club in Africa, has canceled a trial for South Africa midfielder Teboho Mokoena over his support of a politician. Al Ahly said in a statement Thursday that it was not bringing Mokoena in for a planned tryout after he expressed support for South African opposition party leader Julius Malema, …

Buffalo Sabres starting goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen will miss at least one game with a lower-body injury, the team announced before its home game against the Florida Panthers on Thursday. The Sabres listed Luukkonen as day to day without revealing the nature of the injury or when he was hurt. Luukkonen is coming off a 33-save outing in a 7-0 win …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. VCU Rams (16-8, 8-3 A-10) at Saint Louis Billikens (9-15, 2-9 A-10) St. Louis; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Saint Louis hosts the VCU Rams after Sincere …

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Richard Petty’s signature cowboy hat has been an iconic symbol of NASCAR for decades. Now it’s a work of art. Legacy Motor Club and Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday unveiled the first of 28 unique statues featuring Petty’s famed hat, the feathered Charlie 1 Horse. Titled “The King’s Hat,” the fiberglass and concrete statues are …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Memphis Tigers (18-6, 7-4 AAC) at North Texas Mean Green (13-10, 6-5 AAC) Denton, Texas; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mean Green -1; over/under is 136 …

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Paolo Banchero scored 36 points, Franz Wagner added 21 and the Orlando Magic beat the injury-riddled New York Knicks 118-100 on Wednesday night in the final game before the All-Star break for both teams. Banchero hit six 3-point shots and the Magic shot 63% against a Knicks team playing with only nine players. “He’s an All-Star. …